TY  - CONF
TI  - Collaborative Design Decisions
AU  - Arroyo, Paz
AU  - Long, David
AD  - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Universidad Católica de Chile parroyo@ing.puc.cl and Senior Coach, LeanProject Consulting CA, USA, parroyo@leanproject.com
AD  - Principal, David Long Consulting CA, USA, longd2@me.com
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/07/18
T2  - 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Chennai, India
SP  - 463
EP  - 472
DO  - 10.24928/2018/0509
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - Decision making on projects is often done in isolated silos, lacking collaboration and communication between teams. This modality often leads to inefficiencies due to late changes in the design and the need for rework. Team moods decay when there is lack of a clearly defined decision-making process, provoking frustration and apathy. This paper presents a case study that demonstrates how the implementation of lean ideas and methods, specifically A3 reports and Choosing by Advantages (CBA), helped a team evolve their process beyond a traditional decision-making strategy. The researchers used a unique approach to observe the decision-making process as conversation for action to help the team overcome challenges. This paper quantifies the impacts of simultaneously implementing A3 and CBA in terms of saving money and reducing time in meetings. In addition, the research presents qualitative results in terms of improving the project design and creating a team capable of making efficient and sound decisions.
KW  - Decision-making
KW  - Target Value Design
KW  - Set-Based Design
KW  - Choosing By Advantages
KW  - A3 reports
KW  - Language Action.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1571/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1571
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -